Even Barbie's birth, such as it was, sprung as a fully formed plastic woman, was a knock against traditional expectations: ...

“Barbie is not anti-man; it is pro-man and is not necessarily a revolutionary film for women, at least not as much as it is for men,” she writes in the paper’s abstract. “This is because Barbie ...

The inspiration for Barbie came from an observation Ruth Handler made while watching her daughter, Barbara, play with paper ...

On March 9, 1959, the first Barbie doll was introduced at the American Toy Fair in New York City, becoming the first ...